Videogame Atlas: Mapping Interactive Worlds

Thames and Hudson Ltd

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SKU:
9780500024232
Author:
Luke Caspar Pearson , Sandra Youkhana
Forwarded by:
Marie Foulston
Publisher:
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication Date:
22 Nov 2022
Format:
Hardback
Dimension:
24 x 34 cm
Illustration Note:
484 color illustration
Pages:
288

As featured on BBC RADIO 4's Start the Week: a dazzling look at modern videogame worlds seen through an architectural lens, utilizing maps, diagrams and graphic illustrations to offer new perspectives on the art of virtual world building.

Videogame Atlas presents a journey through twelve well-known videogame worlds via panoramic maps, intricate exploded diagrams and detailed illustrations. The book offers a playful new way of seeing these beloved virtual worlds using the practices and academic rigour that underpins real-world architectural theory.

Titles such as Minecraft, Assassin’s Creed Unity and Final Fantasy VII are explored in exhaustive detail through over 200 detailed illustrations of the micro and macro, each with supporting commentary and architectural theory. Taking influence from high-end architectural monographs, the book is carefully designed to the smallest of details and its production is intricately executed.

This book, printed in five colours, with neon ink throughout, is a culmination of Luke and Sandra’s work, which includes founding the Videogame Urbanism studio at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL that promotes the use of game technologies in architectural education.